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Beijing has warned pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong that anyone striving
for independence or a deviation from socialist values “will not have a
political future”.

Li Fei, secretary-general of the body that sits at the top of China’s
parliament, issued the warning after Beijing announced that it, and not Hong
Kong islanders, would choose the candidates for the 2017 election of chief
executive of the former British colony.

Members of the legislative council and protesters heckled, waved anti-Beijing
placards and were eventually removed from the hall where Mr Li was speaking.
Despite the dissent, he did not shy away from